Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9ed303fb9cb2ea8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB Created: 2021-07-19 20:10:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 264269b42a299771184876fa163d007b SHA-1: 91066abcc033e6f3caf09b9e0f196ac565b75702 SHA-256: b9ed303fb9cb2ea8dac17a291ff00fbfedb77ca7db4f31e9e9d1757a3131cb76
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure or a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2c7f20da56---palokuzedukufixi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnhhvl1i2lrhk5123obbgird23/gapirutexuwaxomagazis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d99dba63d994f49236039d36e0833bd/dalogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef2ee9cf6fb9fa9a13d7c07602b00860/samepojusipinadikaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.winsum.frl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zebarivasesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ecf2db719---38979600335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/darogawanadevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/vugipafefebapifoxewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/nitogivutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/meleputuwosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efe73d31a2---bumisowazupipefulaniguju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9130a9c65b---1221130110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b6d2d5ad7---vurufen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da5b54e082b---40494500322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/29398921337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltkv6a305er6g25fsocg8nho7t/51259916429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettogherardi.eu/userfiles/files/7335500112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietetyka-24.pl/images/files/makalulevogilizelibofenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24dad4f90cffde5f558b0490c3ce2c25/foromezur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indecomavo.pl/inc/wiganinejedagotozopori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b1967d66a---89007072491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5d2888799f24a28c05a4038093943d5/menojanomorosuwekezukukix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc05a85b45---mesaxulumifavonajanutaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa96d76df5e---ralixarodipejuditerobogex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/79056684392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=data+link+layer+mcqPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011a73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A73 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 94817015803e0e9b85b08188cdb48807580d755cd3f9b2cefe628b0127b6ee71
font_01_sfnt_off0001322d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1322D 17348 bytes
SHA-256: f56f91e404ee8b48bb34bc1cccc0e2b0be2773580217eb37e84782cde1a9bd88
font_02_sfnt_off00015f15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1